Lovely soft warm weather was irrisistable this afternoon, I couldn't resist. I took the phone camera and went out to see what was about, what plants I could find, on the lines of the "Wildlife Challenge" post. I set off across the field from our house to the Cage Brook ...
this is a small stream that has its beginnings over near Dorestone and winds its way past our house and on down to a mediaeval quay on the Wye just below our Iron Age hillfort. I decided to do some plant hunting to see how many species I could come up with ...
Dock
Alder flowers and catkins - the banks of the stream are thick with alder and hawthorn
some gorgeous brand new clover - the field by the stream is cattle pasture, sometimes sheep.
somebody got lunch ...
thistle - not sure which sort though; help needed ...
buttercups coming
not sure of this one ... help ???
goose grass baby - tea good for getting the lymph going
dandelion
hog weed
nettle
celendine
flags coming up - couldn't get too close as the mud is deep!
one of several woodpiles the famrer leaves - good habitat but I'm not sure he does it for that!
moles woken up !!!
a wide pool in the Cage Brook
lovely mixed up habitat - a huge old oak with his feet in the water being swarmed by a holly and loads of ivey (good for owls) and with lots of holes and nooks and crannies for beasties and insects.
a wider view of the mixed habitat
celendine (& things) patch on the banks of the brook
I'm not sure what this is ... help ???
arums (lords and ladies) coming along fine
kill zone, close to where our resident buzzards nest
I took these three feathers and posed them so you can see the ends ...
then, right by the kill zone, "find of the day" ...
a few inches away I found these ...
I'm useless at cotyledons ...help!
and this is just too pretty
somebodies home - right by the brook so suspected rat rather than rabbit although we have rabbits coming out of our ears!
foxglove ???
dung flies mating at the restaurant
It was a grand little bimble. I didn't go very far but was out for over an hour, going slowly and getting shots of what I noticed. Was very pleased with the kill zone and the scat
this is a small stream that has its beginnings over near Dorestone and winds its way past our house and on down to a mediaeval quay on the Wye just below our Iron Age hillfort. I decided to do some plant hunting to see how many species I could come up with ...
Dock
Alder flowers and catkins - the banks of the stream are thick with alder and hawthorn
some gorgeous brand new clover - the field by the stream is cattle pasture, sometimes sheep.
somebody got lunch ...
thistle - not sure which sort though; help needed ...
buttercups coming
not sure of this one ... help ???
goose grass baby - tea good for getting the lymph going
dandelion
hog weed
nettle
celendine
flags coming up - couldn't get too close as the mud is deep!
one of several woodpiles the famrer leaves - good habitat but I'm not sure he does it for that!
moles woken up !!!
a wide pool in the Cage Brook
lovely mixed up habitat - a huge old oak with his feet in the water being swarmed by a holly and loads of ivey (good for owls) and with lots of holes and nooks and crannies for beasties and insects.
a wider view of the mixed habitat
celendine (& things) patch on the banks of the brook
I'm not sure what this is ... help ???
arums (lords and ladies) coming along fine
kill zone, close to where our resident buzzards nest
I took these three feathers and posed them so you can see the ends ...
then, right by the kill zone, "find of the day" ...
a few inches away I found these ...
I'm useless at cotyledons ...help!
and this is just too pretty
somebodies home - right by the brook so suspected rat rather than rabbit although we have rabbits coming out of our ears!
foxglove ???
dung flies mating at the restaurant
It was a grand little bimble. I didn't go very far but was out for over an hour, going slowly and getting shots of what I noticed. Was very pleased with the kill zone and the scat
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